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What would be preferred where we use "business relationship" in English?
affärsrelation, for instance, so a very literal translation.
It's not that you can't use förhållande for non-romantic relationships, but the sentence Vi har ett förhållande is something I can't imagine ever saying in a different setting.
You would use ”have” as in this example. You could also say ”vi är ihop/tillsammans” (we are together).
Is there a difference in usage between tillsammans and ihop? One more common than the other?
What word would you use when talking about something being in relation to something? I assume förhållande can't be used here, right?
It honestly sounds pretty good to me. Slight merge of the r and the h, but nothing that needs to be corrected, really. Which is good, because we don't get to affect the recordings. :)
It's especially garbled in the slow version. Once I knew what she was saying, I could hear "förhållande" at the ordinary speed, but she almost doesn't say the first "ör" at the slow speed.
I assume hållande comes from hålla, and it's neutral. Do all substantive ending with "ande" are neutral? That would help a lot with remembering genders.
Not all, for example en ordförande (chairperson). However, I think the en-ande-words are only things denoting living people and that things are usually ett. If someone can think of a counterexample please tell me.
Terribly late reply, but maybe it helps a little to lookat it as a "beholdship"? :)
hålla means to hold, and förhålla [sig till] means to hold in relation to something. So förhållande is the noun from that verb. But it's not very intuitive.
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Hi :) Could you please give examples for "förhålla" ? I'm not sure I understand the meaning of it or how it works. (Actually, I think i understand better the general meaning of it in swedish by the use of "sig till" than your english explanation xD this is weird) Tack! Och gott nytt år till dig! ^^
Sure: Hur förhåller sig statsministern till den nya lagen?
Literally: "How does the prime minister relate himself/herself to the new law?"
Gott nytt år! :)
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Ooooh!!! (låt mig försöka på svenska... ^^) Okej, det är mer klart! Det förstår jag perfekt nu! Tack så mycket! =D
That's certainly the most natural way. You could use familjerelation or similar if needed, though.
Do they need something to have gone through? It's just a perfectly normal and neutral sentence to me.
